Apr 20 Civil Rights Icon Dorothy Height Dies; Former Lehman CEO to Face Questions Dorothy Height attends a 2006 congressional hearing about voting rights in the District of Columbia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.) The civil rights movement lost its founding matriarch early Tuesday morning. Dorothy I. Height, who fought for most of… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch European Skies Slowly Reopen to Air Traffic as Volcanic Ash Risk Abates Some stranded travelers in Europe got relief as air traffic resumed over the United Kingdom for the first time in nearly a week. Ray Suarez reports from London on the ongoing aftermath of the volcano's eruption. Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch European Airports Start to Tackle Travel Backlog As air traffic resumes in Europe, Gwen Ifill talks to Ray Suarez about the hundreds of thousands of passengers still stranded and struggling to get to their destinations. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Oklahoma City Survivors Mark Bombing's 15th Anniversary Survivors and family members gathered in Oklahoma City to mark the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which killed 168 people. Kwame Holman reports on the anniversary ceremony. Continue watching
Apr 19 Two Al-Qaida Leaders Reportedly Killed in Rocket Assault in Iraq By Larisa Epatko U.S. and Iraqi forces killed two al-Qaida in Iraq leaders in a nighttime rocket attack, officials said Monday, in what has been called a significant blow to the terrorist group. Continue reading
Apr 19 Oklahoma City Commemorates 15th Anniversary of Bombing By Anna Shoup Fifteen years ago today at 9:02 a.m., a bomb detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla. In total, 168 people died, including 19 children, and more than 600 were injured in what was at the… Continue reading
Apr 19 Monday: Flight Disruptions Continue; Court to Hear Campus Group's Appeal Stranded travelers sleep at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris on Monday, as main French airports remain closed. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images.) Lawmakers and aviation officials across Europe faced growing criticism Monday, as air travel across the continent… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch In Europe, Costs Mount From Quiet Skies as Volcano Eruption Continues Officials announced limited air traffic may resume on Tuesday, five days after volcanic ash grounded much of the air traffic in and out of Northern Europe. Ray Suarez reports from London. Continue watching
Apr 17 Ray Suarez: Life Under a Cloud LONDON | Another day. Another clear blue sky. And another cancelled flight because of what's lurking above that clear blue sky. I was just about to write this post, about the airport closings, the delays, the crammed ferry landings,… Continue reading
Apr 16 Meteorologist on Ash and Airplane Risk By Larisa Epatko The Icelandic volcano, located under a glacier, is spewing water vapor and fine-grained ash that can be damaging to aircraft engines. Derrick Ryall of the British Meteorological Office explains the challenges of measuring the size of the plume, where it… Continue reading